Job Description

Job Title: Counsel, Employment and Litigation

Department: Legal

Location: On-Site Scottsdale, AZ

Reports To: Associate General Counsel (Litigation and Employment)

Role Summary:

Counsel, Employment and Litigation is a director level member of the Legal Team, providing support to the Associate General Counsel responsible for litigation and employment Law, the Legal Department, Human Resources, and various other business partners. This role primarily manages a portfolio of employment litigation and agency proceedings, provides labor and employment advice to business partners, reviews and assists in developing employment policies, supports labor relations, and generally supports the Company’s employment law needs. The role may occasionally be responsible for managing other civil litigation and/or supporting employment-adjacent areas of law based on the needs of the Legal Department.

Responsibilities:

• Manage portfolio employment litigation throughout the United States, including fact investigation, case assessment and valuation, litigation strategy development, budget development and management, internal and external reporting.
• Manage portfolio of employment-related federal and state agency proceedings.
• Manage outside employment counsel representing the Company in employment matters (identify need for outside counsel, work with outside counsel to investigate, develop and implement strategy with outside counsel, ensure outside counsel operates within budget, supervise outside counsel’s compliance with Company matter management and billing policies).
• Assist with Legal Department reporting and operations, such as budget development, outside counsel assessments and RFPs, audit reporting, insurance reporting, implementation of legal technology, workflow and process improvement, and other legal operational initiatives.
• Provide advice and counsel to the Human Resources Department and other business partners regarding employment-related legal matters and compliance with state and federal employment law.
• Review/assess/develop Company policies and procedures that impact terms and conditions of employment to ensure compliance with state and federal law and Company objectives in partnership with Human Resources.
• Advise and counsel HR and business partners in developing and implementing labor relations strategy, managing relationships with unions, negotiating union contracts, and compliance with collective bargaining agreements.
• Conduct or manage high level confidential internal investigations as requested or assigned by Department or Company leadership.
• Assess trends and compliance issues to provide key business intelligence to HR and business partners.
• Report on litigation and key employment issues to internal and external stakeholders.
• Other duties to support Company’s labor and employment law needs.
• Provide additional civil litigation support and support in employment law-adjacent areas of law as directed by the Associate General Counsel.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Juris Doctorate.
• Licensed to practice law in at least one state in the US.
• Extremely highly organized.
• Knowledgeable about application of state and federal employment law and regulations, including Title VII, FLSA, ADA, FMLA, ADEA/OWBPA, WARN, NLRA, EPA, etc. and state equivalents.
• Experience in:

*Employment litigation in state and federal courts.

*Employment-related agency proceedings (e.g. EEOC, DOL, NLRB).

*ADR (arbitration, mediation).

*Negotiating settlements and other case resolution.

*Case and settlement valuation.

*Legal budgeting.

• Comfortable and capable of working with little supervision and within variable degrees of supervision, solo and within a team, in a fast-paced environment with constantly shifting priorities.
• Skilled advocate to all levels of management and external audiences in written and spoken word; can adapt to various audiences.
• Understands and adapts to various competing business and legal needs.
• Sound judgment - understands when to make viable legal and business decisions in with limited information with short turnaround when appropriate versus more in-depth analysis, when to seek assistance from others.
• Skilled in electronic legal and other research.
• Skilled with Microsoft Office Suite, legal practice management software, eDiscovery software, capable and willing to identify and learn new technology to aid on practice.

WORK CONDITIONS & SCHEDULE:

• Full time - variable (typically M-F, business hours may occasionally begin in Eastern Time Zone through Pacific Time Zone, occasional evenings or weekends when needed); because this role supports business partners and coordinates with outside counsel in all U.S. time zones, some flexibility in workday is required.
• Type or otherwise input text in computer and manipulate mouse or similar adaptive device.
• Speak clearly on telephone, in remote meetings and in person so listeners can understand.
• Understand the speech of another person on telephone, in remote meetings and in person.

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